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Consumer price inflation continues to rise in the 3% range.
In particular, the price of oil, eating out, and agricultural, livestock and fishery products has risen sharply.
This is reporter Jeon Yeon-nam.
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A self-service gas station in Seoul is crowded with cars coming to a relatively inexpensive gas station as the price of gas rises sharply.
Consumer prices rose 3.6% last month, recording a 3% increase for the fourth consecutive month.
In particular, gasoline prices rose by 12.8% and diesel by 16.5%.
The prices of agricultural and fishery products have also risen significantly.
Imported beef rose 24.1%, pork rose 10.9%, eggs 15.9%, Chinese cabbage 56.7%, and strawberries 45.1%.
[Ahn Kyung-hee / Gangseo-gu, Seoul: It was 15,000 won when there were a lot of strawberries, so that's 20,000 won.
I was considering buying it now.]
Until the end of last year, electricity, gas, and water rates, which were relatively stable with an increase of 1%, rose by 2.9%, and the cost of eating out increased by 5.5%.
Rent rose 2.1%, of which 2.9%, the biggest increase since August 2017.
[Eo Woon-seon/Statistics Office Economic Trend Statistical Review Officer: As the price of industrial products such as petroleum products and processed foods and livestock and fishery products such as livestock fruits continued to rise, the price of personal services increased mainly in restaurants (inflation has risen)]
While the rise in prices is expected to continue for some time due to the rise in international oil prices and disruptions in the supply chain, the government announced that it would consider an extension of the oil tax cut and take preemptive measures to manage prices, such as managing the supply and demand of agricultural, livestock and fishery products.
(Video editing: Kim Jong-mi, VJ: Park Hyun-woo)